Derek W. Black
@derekwblack
@UofSCLaw Professor focusing on constitutional law, education rights, school funding, and equal opportunities for disadvantaged students.
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I wrote about the Harris/Walz agenda for public schools for The Nation and how it contrasts, not just w/ the GOP, but with decades of Democratic thinking about education thenation.com/article/societ…
I’ve no idea what “each child in kindergarten through 12th grade has the right to school choice” means. But I can tell you that Colorado SC has failed to enforce a constitutional amendment that dictates the precise annual increase in public school funding. chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/…
Next time privatizer talks about monopolies & bloated school budgets, remind them TX schools forced to hire more uncertified teachers than ever, budgets have been flat for half-decade & costs have risen while state sits on a record $32 billion surplus. texastribune.org/2024/09/04/tex…
For years, feds & states have churned through expensive education reform & research to no avail. Larry Ferlazzo offers a radically simple experiment: give a group of teachers $10,000 each to spend on students anyway they deem fit & see what happens. edweek.org/teaching-learn…
Governor Jeff Landry must be confused. The state constitution doesn’t mention any gubernatorial power in education. Instead it makes the state super of ed an independent constitutional officer. Yet Landry just ordered him to go on a CRT witch hunt. lailluminator.com/2024/09/06/lan…